Building details?

[Lord Ben]

How do I change building details? Like how long they take to build. In Rome I edited it so all buildings take 1 turn less to build. I like it because it helps get cities up quicker and I enjoy that more than conquering nations.

[Lord Ben]

Nobody knows what file to edit to change build times?

[Lord Ben]

Anyone know how to edit the building build times?

[Swagger]

yes...

in export_descr_buildings

here is a example of the time it takes:


}
material wooden
construction 2
cost 600
settlement_min town
upgrades
{
town_guard
}
}
town_guard city requires factions { northern_european, middle_eastern, eastern_european, greek, southern_european, }
{
convert_to 2
capability
{

pay atention to the :

}
material wooden
construction 2
cost 600
settlement_min town
upgrades
{

see the contruction ??

then there is a 2... the 2 means the turns it takes to contruct not years, .....TURNS

[Lord Ben]

Well, I'm doing something wrong then because I went to C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\data and tried to edit the export_descr_buildings.txt file so all the buildings have a construction time of 1, but it doesn't work, still 2-3 turns in the game.

[craziii]

io file first.

[Werner von Urslingen]

I have a similar question, is their a way I can lower all the building costs at one time? Or do I have to edit all stats manually?

[SigniferOne]

Yes you have to edit the times manually, because they're all different and you can't find/replace.

As for the earlier poster, make sure you have

[io]
file_first = true

in your .cfg file, to read the custom files you've created.